Securing device for bedcovers



SECURING DEVICE FOR BEDCOVERS Filed Jan. 18, 1922 INVEN TOR.

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Patented June 17, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- GEBHARDT QUANDT, F MAYVILLE, WISCONSIN.

' SECURING DEVICE FOR BEDCOVERS.

Application filed January 18, 1922. Serial No. 530,223.

paratus and have generally failed to pro-i vide a simple and adequate solution of the problem.

It is therefore one of the objects of this invention to provide a device for ensuring the proper retention of the cover in position upon the bed of an infant while permitting relatively unhampered movements of the infant to thereby allow such infant to properly adjust himself in the bed.

Further objects are to provide a retaining device which may be readily secured in position upon any of the usual types of beds; which may be quickly attached to the cover; which will not engage the cover at points intermediate its length; which will not in any manner pinch or injure the 1nfant; and in which the operative or restoring portions are at all times completely housed.

Further objects are to provide a retaining device which is of extremely simple construction; which is of neat appearance; and which may be cheaply and readily manufactured.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan View of the bed with the retaining devices in position.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the device with parts in section to illustrate the inner portions.

The device comprises a tube-like member, or sheath, 1 whose ends are perforated as indicated at 2 and 3. One end of the de vice is provided with a cap member or bearing member 4 provided with an inwardly projecting hook 5 and with an outwardly projecting eye 6. A strap 7 is threaded through the eye and is adapted to be secured around a bed post in any adjustable position by means of the. buckle 8. If desired, the cap portion a may be soldered or brazed to the end of the tube 1.: I

A rod, or wire, 9 passes inwardly through the other end of the tube 1 and is provided at its outer end with a loop or eyelet 10 and at its inner end with a corresponding loop or eyelet 11. At a point adjacent the inner end of the rod, a guiding member 12 in the form of a small piston loosely fitting within the tube 1 is provided. Between the hooks or eyelets 5 and 11, a helical tension spring 13 is provided and is adapted to draw the portions of the device into the position illustrated in Fig. 2. The outer end of the wire, or rod, 9 is connected by means of its eyelet 10 with an eyelet 14: of a safety pin 15. p

The operation of the device is as follows:

After the infant has been placed in the bed I and the covers suitably arranged, the straps 7 of a pair of retaining devices are passed around appropriate bed posts as illustrated in Fig. 1, and the safety pin 5 are then passed through a portion of the cover adjacent the upper corners thereof and at such a distance from the post 16 as to place a certain amount of tension upon the springs 13. If it is desired, other devices of this type may be arranged at other points of the bed, but it has been found that'two devices, arranged as indicated in Fig. 1, give satisfactory results. If the infant should raise or move the covers, they will immedi ately reassume their initial position, as the spring 13 in each of the devices tends to return the covers. It is to be noted that the helical spring and the associated parts immediately adjacent thereto are at all times completely housed within the tube 1 and are therefore prevented from contacting either with the infant or with any of the bedclothes. In this manner, any tearing or disfiguring of the bedclothes, 'or pinching or otherwise harming the infant is avoided.

It will therefore be seen that a device has been provided which is admirably suited to purposes intended in that it will maintain the covers in the desired position and if such covers are disturbed will draw them again to their initial, or predetermined positions. It will also be seen that the de vice is extremely simple and may be readily operated by anyone.

I claim:

1. A device for maintaining bed clothes in proper position-upon a bed, said device comprising a" tubular member, a rod member having a portion reciprocable therein, a spring interposed between said portion and said tubular member and confined within said tubular member to draw said portion into said tubular member, securing means fastened to one of said members andadapted to be connected with a portion of a bed,

" and a pin connected with the other of said members and adapted for engagemen't with said clothes.

2. A device for: securing bed covers in position upon beds, said device comprlsing a member adapted to be secured to a por- 15 said tube, and a hook secured to the outer 20 end of said rod and adapted to be attached to said covers.

GERHARDP QUANDT; 

